SIR THOMAS REPLIES
A QUESTION OF COURTESY. NEW ZEALANDER IN LONDON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Wellington, this day. When the vote for the High Commissioner’s office was under discussion in the House of Representatives at the end of last session, Mr. D. Jones, member for Mid-Canterbury, complained that Sir Thomas Wilford had neglected to extend to him the usual courtesies enjoyed by New Zealand visitors in London. In a reply to the charge which has been received by the Prime Minister, Sir Thomas takes strong exception not only to the complaint but to the manner in which it was made, and after detailing the list of invitations and other facilities extended to Mr. Jones, he concludes: “I fully realise what is expected of the High Commissioner in social matters. Sometimes I wonder whether it is realised in New Zealand that during the season between 300 and 400 New Zealanders call at New Zealand House every week. The record of my office in regal’d to Mr. Jones will bear comparison with the record of any other visitor at that time of equal importance irrespective of his political opinions.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3262, 3 February 1931, Page 5
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